“President-elect Donald Trump is poised to skip over FBI vetting of his nominees, upending more than 60 years of precedent and putting him on a collision course with members of his own party as he tries to power controversial cabinet picks through the Senate,” Bloomberg reports. “Republican senators have balked at Trump potentially forgoing the routine FBI background checks to install former Representative Matt Gaetz as attorney general as well as other controversial nominees like Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon and Tulsi Gabbard, another former House member, to run national intelligence.”
Trump Set To Skip Fbi Vetting For Cabinet Nominees
Taegan Goddard, Political Wire
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 2:55pm
BING NEWS:
- Possible Clash With Trump on FBI Checks
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to skip over FBI vetting of his nominees, upending more than 60 years of precedent and putting him on a collision course with members of his own party as he tries to power his controversial cabinet picks through the Senate.
11/20/2024 - 8:00 am | View Link - How Biden can derail Trump’s cabinet picks
“Through executive order, President Biden should mandate that the FBI conduct background investigations on Trump’s picks and instruct the FBI to begin the process now. The U.S. Senate should use its power to request the same of the FBI,” former FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi posted to X.
11/20/2024 - 7:13 am | View Link - Senate Democrats ask FBI for investigative files on Matt Gaetz, candidate for attorney general
The Justice Department and House Ethics Committee each investigated Matt Gaetz, but he was never charged and he denied sex-trafficking allegations.
11/20/2024 - 6:19 am | View Link - Senate Republicans deliver a message to Trump: Gaetz's confirmation is in jeopardy
Matt Gaetz, has little chance of being confirmed, according to multiple Senate Republican and people around Trump. And they’re privately hoping Trump doesn’t make them walk the plank. That message, according to people who were granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive issue,
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